CHALLENGE MISSIONstructure, narration, point of view, and time
structure, narration, point of view, and time
INDEPENDENT DEFENSEINDEPENDENT TRANSFER
Reorder the testimony
A story currently opens with a verdict, then presents three conflicting witness accounts, and ends with surveillance footage that contradicts all three. An editor proposes moving the footage to the opening.
Current order sustains interpretive uncertainty.
Opening with footage would make witnesses objects of dramatic irony.
Evaluate effect, not just clarity.
What is the most likely consequence of the editor's change?